Tob. Sci., 1979, 23-18, p. 55-60, ISSN. 0082-4523
Farm labor and cost comparisons for three methods of preparing cured burley tobacco for market
Agricultural Engineering, Agronomy, College of Agriculture, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky USA
Farm trials and cooperative studies have been conducted on preparing and handling air-cured burley tobacco by two alternative untied methods (“sheets” and “bales”) compared with the conventional hand-tied method. The sheet method involved a burlap...